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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
A Frontier EdifOr,s yVoaS

We dislike to discuss family matters in our
columns. as everybody knows, but the story
jeff. Tarleton is telling around town about
our difficulty last Tuesday night is a lie such
as nobody but dirty coyote would be guilty
OF. We have heard of him and his casing at
Dan McGeehans saloon. The facts are that
we told this red headed slouch to stop keeping
company with our daughter. When we re-
turned home last Tuesday night about II
o'clock we found him just leaving our front
porch. There were words, and we admit
that we called him a greasy tramp. When
he made pass for us we grabbed him by
the whiskers, and when he broke loose we
kicked him in the small of the back. and our
only regret now is that we did not break his
backbone. The lie that he tells is that we
drew gun, which he snatched and then ran
us In the house. Nobody saw the fracas and
OF course he can lie, but Josiah Hapgood
across the way heard the salute that we gave
him as he clawed the gravel down the street.
Don't come our way again, jefferson.
apoo Oak.) Sentinel.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
TINE OF HENRY VIII

IL
and tolerably bad, we NAV conclude as far
back as 1915 in England the glove was thrown
down as challenge to mortal combat. When
the challenged party accepted he picked up
the glove and threw down his own. Occur-
rences of this kind were very common. hence
IL DehooVed every gentleman to see to it that
! LIS gloves were credit to him. Any dav
they might bring him to glory or the grave.
ana IN the ceremony of bestowing lands
OF dlgnltles glove was used Deprivation
OF gloves was sign of degradation: and the
lady falr, as sign of her favor, gave her
faithful knight a glove, which he galIaptly
wore Ill his helmet Queen Elizabeth gave
the Earl OF Cumberla,1 n glove which he
Wore on the front of his hat, sc"rounded with
brllnants. The royal old Made was yery
fond OF bestowing gloves, token which was
supposed to be fiattering and suggestive and
yet made no inroads on her constitutional
stlngness. 1t was during Elizabeth's reign
that the history of gloves experienced a turn
ing point. The picture here given of a glove
Oh her day represents one of crimson velvet.
embroidered with gold and silver. EN- |
broldered gloves were first made in England |
In l5SO The custom of presenting them to |
Judges at maiden assizes is still continued. AS
presents for favors Of whatever nature thew
have always been in order. In payment of
wagers in which lady was the winner they
have been permissible when nothing else of a
useful character would be.
lhey have not escaped scandal, either.
They often figured in affairs not reputable.
BOOKS Oh advice to young gentlewomen of two
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30

1t will be noticed that in the ship of the
hne there is a decided tendency toward sim
pllfication of cordage and an approach tow
ard the beautiful lines of the modern sailing
vessel. For say what you will, the band.
soonest craft that sails the seas over is the fnll
rugged ship. But the full rugged sailing shin
Is a rarity in these days of steam and iron
plates, and what few ships we modelns have
are not built on the scale Of the old war sbiss
of the Eighteenth century.
In this brief sketch no attention has haon
paid to the development Of sailing vessels In
the orient. The evolution of NAVIGATION
there was quite different from that of the
western world and far more picturesque. bnt
it reached its climax much earlier. and the
sailors Of that part of the world ara sti1
using vessels Of the same pattern as did their
fortfathers centuries ago.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30

She is a lady of MISS MINNA R. POLLOCK.
wide knowledge Of the world, having trav-
eled largely in Scotland, England, Germany,
Austria, Hungary and the West Indies. For
time she lived in Havana and at another in
Nassau, IN the Bahama Islands. She reads,
writes, speaks and translates from and into
French, German and Spanish. The resolu-
tor to appoint her was offered by Alderman
Patrick Diver, vice president of the board.
The committee on salal 'es and offices reported
against appointing her, c.'iming that women
cannot legally hold office; nut the Woman
Suffrage party, led by Mr.. hamilton Will
cox, came to the rescue with IGOR. Alder
man Diver has been warmly thanked by the
W oman Suffrage party's state committee.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
GRIP TIGHT.

Earl Roy lay dying one summer eve
He lay at his easement wide;
lie looked at the green and fertile lands.
An d said with flash of pride:
son, Robert, this lordship fair is ours:
III any dispute thy right
] have but two words to say to thee
Grip tight!'
Two short strong words like trumpet call
Now listen to what they say:
There IS tide in the affairs of men
And i comes not every day
II IT brings the good in some good hour
Take 1t, it is thy right:
Wouldst thou keep it thine there is one wav
Grip tight!
And If thou hast found thy work TO do
Then this is thy wisest part.
'ount 1t as one of the best of gifts
And do 1t with hand and heart
II slack or careless others will seize
A blessing thou heldst to light.
The skirt of a happy circumstance
Grip tight.
Hast thou r home, though humble and poor.
If love sit down by thy side,
GRIP II so tight that nothing on earth
my home and thy heart divide;
II all gifts slip from thy needless hand.
Keep this, with Jealous might.
There's hope for the man who home and wife
Gript tight.
hen here : to the man who can win and keep
His love, his gold and his land;
dere TO the true and steadfast heart
r 10 the sure and strong right hand
o MN who knows and can hold his place,
Who knows and can hold his right
no says to his + cart in the tug of life
The two short words of the brave old knight
Grip tight,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30

The statue is of bronze, life size. being.
with the plinth, eight feet ABOVE the pedestal.
which Is a four foot cube of Quincy granite
The statue is the work of Karl Gerhardt.
OF Hartford, and from his plaster model the
cast was made at Chicopee, Mass. As there is
no portrait of Hale extant, the artist has relied
on description, making heroic figure of the
New England type and youthful mold and Civ
ing 1t that air of fire and energy which were
Capt. Hale's chief characteristics. When
condemned the young patriot proudly avowed
his rank and mission. The British officers
were disposed to treat him with respect. but
his Jaller, the notorious Cunningham. de-
stroyed the prisoners letters to his mother.
sister and sweetheart, and even succeeded in
preventing him from having Bible and the
services of clergyman. 1t was then, when
led out to execution, that he uttered the mem.
orable words above quoted, words cut in
the pedestal of the statue. The artist has
conceived the expression SO perfectly that the
feeling of the patriot, but moment before
MS death, shows in every line of the statue
IS well as in the face. Mr.. Gerhardt has also
completed an equestrian statue in bronze of
israel Putnam, which is to stand in his native
own of Brooklyn, Conn.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
WAS 1T EVER THUS!

Did you ever wake from dreaming,
And think, what a perfect morn
hen II seemed the sun shone brightest,
And sweetest flowers were born?
Bright flowers of the richest fragrance,
! ne iairest you 'er had known.
That by the yellow sunshine
Were kissed TO life full blown
Dld you catch the silv'ry rippling,
from the tall and stately trees,
sent out by the joyous robins,
10 echo with every breeze d?
Dld the brook, with its limpid water,
%o rushing, gushing along.
DDFer the brown sand sparkling,
FIoatlng away in song?
Did the sky seem the brightest, bluest-
A glorious, cloudless one,
dhat from the widest fancy
" nas rent, and by fairies spun?
DiI i,S the grass have a touch of golden.
", " mere kissed by the rays of sun,
=, nat seized the sparkling dew gems,
10 keep TIL day was done?
And then, in the midst of morning.
Ild shadows of clouds appear?
shadows that dimm'd its brightness.
and n led your glad heart with fearP
dHen did rays of the sun grow fainter
were notes of the birds less sweet?
ana did the brook sing sadly.
FIoaung past weary feet?
pld pld you wonder at the changing,
rom gold to a shaded gray?
And an wonder. If at even
In nose shadows would clear awayo
,lu !, you gather all morning fancies.
a qua bury them in your heart?
7 + i1D Gln winch but ghosts of bright hopes
Al hours TO come would start
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
SHIPS BEFORE STEAM.
FROM THE SERPENTS OF THE
NILE TO NELSON'S LINE SHIPS.

incomplete Records Which Leave the
Character of the Ships of Antiquity
Somewhat in Doubt-The Use of Oars
Singly and Combined with Sails.
Primitive man must have very early found
out that as wood would float. all he had to do
TO ENJOY ride on the water was to place
hlinselt on piece of floating wood large
enough to bear his weight Whoever made
TINS discovery and put it to practical use was
The flst navigator. 1t could not have been
long before it was discovered that floating
logs could be propelled by polling in shallow
water and by scullmg in greater depths.
1hen followed, no doubt, the raft, the canoe
and more finished craft.
But as to who made any of these discover
les, or as to who first used the car or the sail.
there Is no record. 1t is certain that yery
early IN the worlds history mankind navi-
gated the rivers and lakes and the edges of
The seas, and as almost all commercial rela-
IONS We're sustained by means of navigation.
the sailors OF the early ages, as sailors have
ever been, were held in high repute as to
bravery and hardness and manliness.
among the earliest craft of which we have
any record are the boats of the river Nile.
ana our knowledge of them is gained from
the representations thereof to be found on
Egyptian monuments. A reproduction is
mere gwen, from which it is apparent that
oars, each worked by single man, were used.
out no sails. The steering apparatus was a
huge oar liked Ill the stern. Many boats of a
much more ornamental character are fipured
on the old Egyptian monuments, and some of
,hem, especially the war boats, were propelled
oy oars each manned by two men. some by
oars IN two banks instead of one, etc. Later
n Egypts history sails We're also used but
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
Helena, Montana, Thursday, June 90, 1887.

| Inc term glove money" Is still in use. II
nad an ancient origin and originally meant
money gwen to servants to buy gloves. 1t has
aiSo been applied to the money given wives
oy thelr husbands to get little trifes with. for
"hlch they We're not expected to give sny
account. PIN money! has rather s1lpnlant-
ed it. t''''''
Inc lnltten, which also belongs to the glove
ianlly, has figured in cardiac affairs extern.
SVely' though why as a symbol of disfavor I
know not. To "get the mittenn has alwavs
to the lover meant Woe
Gloves have degenerated since Flizabetb,s
day-not i'll beauty, variety or numbers.
puC In expression and language. Having
reached point of usage which makes
tnein as common as shoes, they cannot,
Oh course, keep up their old fashioned
sentiment: Lovers still dote upon them and
treasure them; but lovers Will do almost any,
Ihihg When they are far gone. Poets, too.
work them up literally in verses: but poets
aiso nave heavy margin Of license, and may
De expected to have their fancies and be
spoohy and foolish at their will. The story
writer, too, finds the glove a useful factor.
anu frequently imposes heavy burdens upon
1t, making it the agent of fate in the most
daring way.
10 come down to the every day view of
gloves, nothing adds more to the daintiness Of
toilet than neat fitting and handsome gloves:
but they are expensive in spite Of all YOU can
DO In the way Of economy. An old glove
may be brimful Of sentimental "Reminiscences.
may be quite in place in drawer of keep |
sakes, may be interesting in poetry and cut a |
hgure In fiction, but ON the hand it is entirely |
out of place.
rarls furnishes the bigger part of the world
Win Kid gloves. The only kind that are
purely American are the buckskin gloves.
in Fulton county, N. Y, is noted
or their manufacture. Some kid gloves are
llso made there.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30

"A SERPENT OF OH NI1r u

they were of very simple cut 1t was
centuries, probably, before the galley form
OF vessel, of which the Nile "serpentsn were
a primitive form, was abandoned for pur-
poses OF war, and we hear of galleys as fight
ing boats as late as 1857, when the English
man, Drake, destroyed so many of them off
Cadlz They were used by the Norsemen as
well as on the Mediterranean, but the Morse
men used sails very extensively, too. The
only esvantage possessed by galleys as fight
ing boats over sailing vessels was the ability
10 WORK against the wind. But this was more
than counterbalanced by the unseaworthi-
ness OF the galley and the manifest superiority
of the sailer when there was bit of a breeze
Merchant vessels earlyabandoned oars save
as auxlliaries to their sails, and in the Fif-
teenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries
great progress was made. The Dutch were a
great maritime nation in those days, and an
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
HON. EUGENE sEMPLE.

noN. EUGENE SEMPLE. tics "F'ifty-four
Forty or Fight" and though that extrava-
CANT claim was abandoned, the vigorous as
sertion saved us Oregon The fathers
speeches on that subject and his minute
knowledge of that country induced the son
TO locate in Oregon, which he did soon after
graduating in 1865.
Eugene Semple was born June II, 1910, in
the city of Bogota, capital of New Granada,
while his father was Unitel States minister
to that country. He spent his youth, how
ever, in Madison and Jersey counties, Ills.
finished his collegiate education at the Uni
versity OF St Louis in 1855 and grad rated
from the Cincinnati Law school in 1868 Late
that year he located in the practice Of law
at Portland, Ore, but in 1870 quit the law
and became editor of The Oregon Herald
bis associates in publishing that journal We're
sylvester Pennoyer, now governor of Ore
gon, and DIR. A. A. Ames, who lacked but a
few votes of being elected governor of Min
nesota last year. 1t is scarcely necessary to
add that The Herald was pronounced Dem
ocratic paper.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
A MONUMENT TO JOURNALISTS.
low the New York Press Club Remem-
bers Its Dead.

How the New York Press Club Remem-
bers Its Dead.
On Sunday, the 18th inst, the New York
Press club dedicated handsome monument
recently erected on the clubs burial plot at
cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Besides the men,
bers and friends Of the club, and visiting
Journalists, other visitors We're attracted by
the impressive ceremony. The plot contains
twenty-five burial lots, and on a mound in the
center stands the monument-a pedestal and
shaft of granite thirty-eight feet high. On
the base, north side, is this inscription:
Erected by the New York Press club At
the foot of the monument, on the north side.
is the grave of John B. Wood, who was twice
president of the club, and died at the age of
81; on the south is the grave of Charles II.
Pulham, fourth president of the club, whose
body was removed thither last February from
Greenwood cemetery. Elsewhere in the plot
are the graves and headstones of eleven
journalists, not all members of the club. but
buried here because their surviving comrades
desired to honor them as worthy members of
the profession in New York. On glancing at
the headstones OF these graves one is panied
70 observe how very young many Of the fall
en- journalists were. Thus we see the name
of Franz Won Aldenhoven, 35 years: Fred
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
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Go, Birdie, and Be Hannx

III am ey'rybody I'd trust my little cal
to, said old farmer Skinner to the love lorn
young granger who had become enamored
VII WIN MISS Sally Spinner and wished to carry
her from the loving care and shelter of the
home nest. The "little gall" who was : feet
and IL inches tall in her bare feet las she was
at that momenD, hid her happy, blusbinp
lace on the dear, fond old fathers shoulder
ana "ep0 happy tears as he said to the
deeply moved lover: "You must take poo.I
keer OF my wee birding, Jack. Ricolect tbot
she's been raised kind O. tender like. Two
acres day is all ever asked her to nlow
and an acre of corn day is all she's used to
hoeilg; She kin do light work, such as max
m rail fences and digging post holes. and
burning brush, and all that, but ami nsas E -
reg Lar farm work, and you mustn't ask too
much OF her. It's hard for her old dad ~,
give his little sunshine up He'll have to
spIt his own coriwood and dig his own taters
Bits
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30

| lime OF ELIZABETH. tOyeS or trlfieS, love
scented gloves, amorous potions, perfurned
pictures or love sick powders
But then one must remember that in those
good old days, when simplicity and brotherly
love had not been extinGuished in the minds
of mortalS, they had habit of poisoning
gloves and sending them to rivals, sweet
hearts who had Tilted them and enemies of
high degree.
The glove of the Henry VIII era, here given,
was of leather embroidered with silk, gold
and seed pearls. If it fitted the hand that
owned it, it was an imposing structure, need
ing for its construction the skin of more than
one humble little beast, as that notable mon
arch had a fist that took up considerable
space while it was making its mark in his
tory. Here, too, is one of Shakespeare's
gloves. The original is now in the possession
of Mr.. Horace Furness, of Philadelphia. If
they could only talk what light they could
throw on the great and mysterious William.
But they can't, and there's the end Of it.
In some parts of Europe, even unto this
day, it is the custom to take off gloves when
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
Progress of the Chinese Missions.

Fair Teacher-Now you understand the
moral of George Washington's noble life!
Chinaman-l sabe; George Washeeton cut
down chelly tlee, he no lie. an Melicar man
elect big monumentee to him. But Mclean
man not like Chinyman. Chinyman do samee
dings samee way alice time
Fair Teacher-I do not quite catch your
meaning.
Chinaman-Melican man elect big monu-
mentee to George Washeeton what nevee
tellee lie; but Mclean man go light along lie
like hellee evely ytimee-Brooklyn Earla
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
A MONUMENT TO NATHAN HALE.
Recently Erected in the City of Hart
ford, Conn.

ford, Conn.
Il only regret that 1 have but one life to
give to my country" Such were the words
OF Capt Nathan Hale, whose monument has
lately been set up at Hartford Conn. His
fame, like that of Col. Elmer Ellsworth, of
the late war, Is secure for all time because he
was the first among the noted martyrs of his
time. Nathan Hale was but 21 years old
when he became captain in the patriot
army, yet he had already graduated from
Yale college and won some distinction as a
scholar, and was at the time of his death be-
trothed TO lovely young woman. All these
advantages, with his young life so full of
promise, he voluntarily risked by consenting
to enter the British lines in search of informa-
ton. On Sept u, 117G, he was making ready
III Brooklyn to take the boat for Norwalk to
reach the American lines, when he was
arrested as spy; he was tried and con-
demned as spy that night, and the next
morning was executed at or near the present
intersection of East Broadway and Market
street. OF course, the artist does not present
the shameful scene of his death as a spy: the
monument represents him when declaring his
last sentiments-erect, with face slightly
turned upward and hands thrown back. ex-
pressing at once triumph and resignation.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
GLOVES OF THE PAST.
SOME OF THE HISTORIC HAND-
WEAR OF KINGS AND QUEENS.

1he Language of Gloves in OIdeu Times
Queen Elizabeth and Her Fondness for
Presenting Her Mobiles with CIov.s-Tb.
Gloves of Greece-GIoves of the Period.
OloVeS are more aged than table forks
When the dwellers in older worlds were eat-
ing with the aid of their fingers they had adj
Vahced far enough in the matter of personaI
adornment to have gloves, even embroidered
ones anu 10 be very particular in regard to
the style of them. From all accounts tba
knights Of old and even the ladies. "God
Dies' EN- as the gallant Kentuckian always
says, Went about in gloves of gorgeous work
hiahshlp, which concealed hands not too clean
ana lnpeachable finger nails. The nail brusb
had not yet been invented, and the manicure
dwelt nearly 900 years in the future. Posi-.
bly, the gloves would not have been so badly
needed If the manicure had been born first
since much of our clothing is designed more
ior cohceallnS than protecting the body.
Ihey were III vogue in Greece before the
Homer1c age, for Homer speaks of Laertes
wearing gloves to protect his hands while
working III the garden. The swells of the
middle ages, both male and female. were verv
particular about their gloves. They were
very costly, often O. namented with precious
stones, and were worn by mighty dignitaries
ON grand and ceremonial occasions.
Far back into the centuries, 600 years ago.
and perhaps farther, glove language can be
traced. The glove, innocent in itself. figured
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
I'avorite Foreigners i'm CHIN,

Says the Rev. Judson Smith, of the Ameri-
can board OF Boston: "American missionaries
nave ever been treated with especial con-
slderation by the Chinese authorities. Ii
hung Chang, the Chinese statesman. said
i have read the Bible, know all you Christ.
ian nations preach the golden rule of aDo unto
others as you would be done by,D but no1e of
you 1--we up to it. The Americans come near.
est to living up to it, however, Thus, despite
the treatment Cinnamon receive in some rarts
Oh the United States, Americans are tho IA
vorlte foreigners with the Chinese people and
government, and our missionaries have re.
ceived more of their favor than missionaries
Irom other countries. New York Tribune.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
How Omaha Ia snreaaipa

Stranger don't want such high priced
property. would rather buy in the suburbs
where land is cheap.
Omaha Real Estate Agent-Well, l have
some very fine suburban plots. Would Won
like to see them!
aVery much. We will have to drive out. I
supposes'
"Yes, we viii take the train to a little sta
ton called Denver and drive out from there's
Omaha World.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30
Berliu's Meat Iuspectiou,

The inspection of meat in Berlin is very
important matter. Twelve veterinary sur
geons are employed to stamp it before slaugh-
ter, and forty microscopic samplers are con-
tinually engaged in examining the meat ex-
posed for sale. Besides these 100 experts are
employed in various duties, twenty-five Of
whom are women.-New York Tribune.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30

and three centuries
ago contained spe-
cial caution in re-
gard to the persons
from whom they
accepted gloves.
All sorts of insidi-
GUS evil was sup
posed to lurk in the
fingers of a glove.
The same old wise
acres also told the
young men that
they should expect
only "honest and
t. d + Affection
f rom En- nglish
gentiewonen, and
n OF "gugatyres,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-06-30

entering the stable
Of a prince or a
great man, or else
forfeiting them or
their price to the
servants. And have
we not all, occa-
sionally, met the
man who thinks it
etiquette to say Eek
cuse my glove"
when he shakes
hands with a lady!
he Is still living,
and looms up at in
tervals in the city
as well as the prov
inces. He is a very
useful member of
lA 2,